Jeremiah 16:14-15 - Exposition

The text of these verses occurs in a more characteristic form and in a bettor connection in Jeremiah 23:7 , Jeremiah 23:8 . The connection here would be improved by insorting the passage before Jeremiah 23:18 ; and as displacements are not unfamiliar phenomena in manuscripts, this would not be a violent act. The difficulty is not m the therefore introducing the promise, which frequently occurs in prophecies immediately after threatenings ( e . g . Isaiah 10:23 , Isaiah 10:24 ), as if to say, "Things being in such a miserable plight, your God will interpose to help you;" but in the position of Jeremiah 23:18 . How can the prophet say, "And first I will recompense their iniquity double," when Jeremiah 23:16 , Jeremiah 23:17 contain a description of this very double recompense?